{"id":340056,"date":"2017-12-18T18:11:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T17:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/does-your-pick-up-truck-get-horrible-mileage\/"},"modified":"2017-12-18T18:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T17:11:47","slug":"does-your-pick-up-truck-get-horrible-mileage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/does-your-pick-up-truck-get-horrible-mileage\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Pick-Up Truck Get Horrible Mileage?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Editor\u2019s note: This article has been updated since its original post in August 2015.]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

We had a caller last Saturday on the\u00a0Car Pro Show<\/a>\u00a0who was unhappy with the fuel economy of his truck.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>This is one of two common problems I hear all the time:\u00a0\u00a01). My pickup gets horrible fuel economy, or 2). My pickup doesn\u2019t do a good job towing my trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I get these questions, I always ask which rear axle ratio the caller has, and I would guess 90% of the time, the caller doesn\u2019t know.\u00a0\u00a0People go to dealerships way too often focused on color, comfort, engine size, etc.\u00a0\u00a0The rear axle ratio should be at the top of the list, no matter what you are going to use your pickup for.\u00a0\u00a0If not towing, you want the best fuel economy you can get, and if you are towing, you want to make sure your truck will do the job.<\/span><\/p>\n

Automakers Offer Variety of Axle Ratios<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There is good reason automakers offer a variety of different axle ratios.\u00a0\u00a0The axle ratio\u00a0refers to the gears in the truck\u2019s\u00a0differential, which is a mechanical device that links the rear axle to the driveshaft and then the engine. Four-wheel-drive trucks will have a matching ratio in the front axle\u2019s differential.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Step one in understanding axle ratios is to know what the numbers signify.\u00a0\u00a0The lower the number, the better fuel economy, and the higher the number the more towing power you have, but fuel economy suffers.\u00a0\u00a0For instance, a 3:31 gets better fuel economy than a 3:73.\u00a0\u00a0On the other hand, a 3:73 or perhaps a 4:10 will tow much more, while fuel economy greatly drops.\u00a0\u00a0The most popular rear end ratio in trucks today is the 3:55, which sort of averages towing…<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[Editor\u2019s note: This article has been updated since its original post in August 2015.] We had a caller last Saturday on the\u00a0Car Pro Show\u00a0who was unhappy with the fuel economy of his truck.\u00a0\u00a0This is one of two common problems I hear all the time:\u00a0\u00a01). My pickup gets horrible fuel economy, or 2). My pickup doesn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-340056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}